Say Goodbye to Chris Pratt’s 91% Rotten Tomatoes War Thriller on Netflix

Netflix’s monthly library churn always hits hardest when it targets the serious movies people keep meaning to rewatch. One of the most unflinching modern war thrillers that falls into this particular category is set to leave Netflix soon. It’s a striking military drama that turns the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden into nerve-frayed, ground-level tension. And instead of being built around speeches or hero beats. It’s built around process, intel scraps, dead ends, moral corrosion, and the terrifying patience of institutions that normalize extreme choices.

Kathryn Bigelow stages the story like a slow tightening noose, and the runtime (a lean-for-an-epic 2h 37m) becomes a pressure chamber rather than bloat. The movie still holds a towering critical reputation at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it managed to rake in $95.7M at the domestic box office back in 2012-2013. The film stars Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, and Chris Pratt in lead roles.

The film is Zero Dark Thirty, and Netflix US currently lists it among the titles leaving on April 1, 2026. This means that the real last night to watch is the evening before. Therefore, if Zero Dark Thirty has been sitting in your queue as a someday-watch, this is the moment Netflix’s exit list turns into a deadline.

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Topped the US Box Office During Its Wide Release

Zero Dark Thirty initially had a limited theatrical run, but after going wide on January 11, 2013, the film topped the U.S. weekend chart in its first wide-release timeframe. Financially, it performed like a textbook adult-thriller win. The film’s lifetime haul is $95.7M domestic, $37.1M international, and $132.8M worldwide — and that’s against a $40M production budget. That’s roughly 3.3× its production spend in global theatrical gross and strong for a serious, R-rated, politically charged film (even before factoring in post-theatrical revenue).

The film is now all set to leave Netflix within roughly a month from today (March 3). Zero Dark Thirty leaves Netflix on April 1, 2025. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.